It’s real, they did an article about him. This was supposed to be a soft piece to make him more human. ha ha.

  • TrackinDaKraken
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    1 month ago

    He tries so hard to be cool.

    Why do billionaires NEED to be liked so badly? Is it because they don’t trust that anyone in their life likes them for who they are, instead of their money? Maybe, it’s because their own kids and wives hate them?

    • @Pnut@lemm.ee
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      11 month ago

      Absolute power corrupts absolutely. We can’t imagine what it’s like to be that obscenely wealthy. Logic would state that it works the other way too. They have very little concept of humanity in general. You and I would be the same if no one in the world could tell us “no”. It’s a form of psychosis, in my humble opinion.

      • @null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        21 month ago

        That’s… weird to think about.

        He probably thinks he’s generally a “good” person, and making the world a better place, buy just that people misunderstand him. That’s wild. Fuck I really want to know to what extent he actually believes this.

        I guess being a billionaire would be quite isolating. It might feel like you’re the only member of your species. There’s primitive monkeys you can interact with and some of them pretend to like you, but none of them really feel you or care about you.

      • @Taleya@aussie.zone
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        Nah this isn’t autism. Autism has issues understanding human social rules.

        He understands just fine given his manipulations, he just doesn’t care and actively works to smash them. That’s sociopathy

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          -31 month ago

          No, I’m almost certain it is Autism. You don’t need to like Facebook or Zuck as a person. (Please don’t) But it is inappropriate to poke at his real struggles. I think he is the classic example of money can’t buy happiness. (Or empathy)

          • @9bananas@feddit.org
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            21 month ago

            a lack of empathy is literally the defining trait of sociopathy.

            autistic people DO have empathy for fucks sake. they (we) just have trouble with unclear social cues, but understand and have emotions just fine.

            zuck, musk, and the rest are sociopaths; not autistic. (they probably could be both, but the autism is definitely not the issue here…)

            zuck, musk, and so on use autism as an excuse and shield against criticism, because, in their minds, it absolves them having to change their behavior. “that’s just how they are” - fuck no, that’s not how autistic people act or behave at all!

            it’s INSANELY damaging to actual autistic people to go around saying people clearly displaying traits of sociopaths are autistic.

            FUCK OFF with that shit.

      • Twinklebreeze
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        21 month ago

        It would be funny if he had a sense of humor. I’m pretty sure he’s serious though.

        • @UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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          61 month ago

          I’m not saying it’s the coolest photo out there. It’s just the first photo I’ve seen of him where it’s not absolutely cringe at first glance.

          Like, take any other photo of him, put somebody else there in the exact situation, and it’s still a cringe photo. This one though? Nah, pretty cool if it was someone else. Thats all I was trying to get across